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Medulla project: website, summary and core values
I have launched a permanent home for the Medulla project on GitHub at this link: https://foundinantiquity.github.io/Medulla/ It is currently in the form of a static webpage (created from the GitHub repository’s ReadMe file) outlining the rationale and procedures of the project. GitHub was chosen for hosting for a number of reasons. GitHub provides transparent public…
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The business case for Latin textbooks adopting the Medulla cross-compatibility standard
I am very pleased with the amount of feedback I have received on the Medulla project since first proposing it. One person wrote in to ask why any new textbooks would take on a premade open source core grammar and vocabulary sequence rather than coming up with their own. After all, there would be no…
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The Medulla: A Proposal to Break Out of Closed Latin Textbooks and Create an Open-Source Curriculum
In this essay I will propose how we can create an open-source Latin curriculum, which I nickname the Medulla, or the bone-marrow. This curriculum can serve as the common core for a diverse new generation of Latin textbooks. Have you ever daydreamed about writing your own Latin textbook from start to finish, knowing deep down…